Strengthening Trade Coverage in the Media
International Trade Forum › Nbr. 4/2006, October 2006
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As world attention focuses on negotiations on the rules of international trade, one crucial aspect that remains largely ignored is the role of the media in both developed and developing countries in raising public awareness and debate about trade policy-making. Although there is frequent coverage of the views of national traders' associations and other powerful domestic interests on trade rules, the voices of the poor and marginalized rarely find a mention. Many of the world's poorest countries fail to send journalists to international trade negotiation meetings, either because of resource constraints or because they do not consider it a priority. If, as part of its public interest responsibilities, the media is to report on trade from the perspective of development and poverty reduction, the first big challenge is for journalists to examine national trade-poverty debates more closely, given the importance of national government input in international trade decision-making.
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Strengthening Trade Coverage in the Media
As world attention focuses on negotiations on the rules of international trade, one crucial aspect that remains largely ignored is the role of the media in both developed and developing countries in raising public awareness and debate about trade policy-making.
Coverage of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and related trade issues in many developing co...See the full content of this document
